Container for matches and fragments thereof



Jan. 5, 1932. B. F. CALLENDER CONTAINER FOR MATCHES AND FRAGMENTSTHEREFOR Filed June 23; 1930 Fig. 2

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INVENTOR Bert F Callencler B) Q/- 5. ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 5, 1932friiirnn STAT S PATENT JFFICE Y I BERTIE. CALLENDEER, or WIGHI'IA,KANSAS con'mmnnron MATCHES AND FRAGMENTS THEREOF- Application filed.June as,

invention relates to a container for matches. and fragmentsthereof.' v IThe object of my 1nvent1on is to provlde a a container that will receivea match box in one compartmentand fragmentof matches inanotjher,compartment. i g c A further ob ect of my lnventlon is to provide acontainer havlng .two compartments, one as a storage for, matches andhaving a lid, the other compartment'asa storage for ignited matches andhaving a slotted'lid that is funneled through which the fragmentswillpass and the lids for each compartment to close by gravity.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a spacing means inthe container to separate the match box from the compartment.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a container,inexpensive to construct and the same to be pendently supported and willseat on a shelf or the like.

These and other objects will be hereinafter more fully explainedreference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification and in which like characters apply to like parts in thedifferent views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the container.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a plan view, parts removed for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 4: is a vertical section through the container.

My invention herein set forth consists of an L-shaped housing having acompartment 1 adapted to receive a match box 2 loosely "f1 engagingtherein so that the same may be removed when empty and replaced with afull box of matches. Thesaid compartment is equipped with a lid 3pivotally connected at its inner corners by a stud 4 trunnion inaperture respectively. The pivot point of the said lid being in closeproximity to the upper front wall 5 of the vertical compartmenthereinafter described and stopped by detents 4 as means to insure theclosing of the lid by gravity, when it is open to obtain matches thatare stored there beneath, note 1930. Serial no. 463,117.

that the lid has a liberal projection over the side walls as shown at Ain Figs. 1, 2, and 4, by which means the lid is easily raised bycontacting the same with thefingers at the front and end portions.

In Figs. 3 and 4: is shown a pair of corrugations 6, the lower extremityof which protrude toward the match box, while the upper end thereofdiminishes on the partition Wall E, by which meansthe said match box isspaced from the partition wall and beingso arranged that excess heatcreated within the adjacent compartment will be insulated from thematches contained in the box, should the same be placed with theiri'gnitable heads thereto.

-Vertically and rearwardly positioned to the match box storagecompartment is a second compartment 7 functioning as a receptorforignited or burnt matches, the upper end Llli of the last saidcompartment has a lid 8 hingedly arranged and adapted to swing as shownby dotted lines C, the said lidbeing pivoted by ,a stud 9 at each of therear corners thereof, and the said lid concentrically funneled as at 10,the said lid will close by gravity when opened at its full extremity.

At the frustum of the said funneled por- 7 tion is an elongated slotl1,by which means should a match or fragmentary portion v thereofbethrown on the lid it will readily pass throughthe slotinto thecompartment as a storage means therefor. It will beunderstood that thesaid slot is of suflicient size, to allow a standard make of match topass through freely and should the match be burning it will be smotheredout after its deposit in the compartment as the walls of saidcompartment are solid and the slotted opening is not sufiicient in sizeto afford ample air for combustion, otherwise the said lid will closethe upper end of the compartment snugly by the ends thereof fittingclosely to the side wall that extends upward as at D,

and the front portion has a lip 12 extending downward as shown in Figs.1, 2, and 4.

Upwardly extending from the compartment 7, is the portion of the back asshown at E, the contour of which is merely for ornamentation and thedesign thereof may be varied. Near each end of the extended portion isan aperture having a slot radially extending upward therefrom. The saidaperture functioning as an entrance for the head of a nail or tack andwhen the container is dropped downward the neck portion of the said nailor tack will engage in their respective slots, by which meansdisengagement thereof will be impossible without raising the container.

One important feature of'the lid?) is that i when the said lid is raisedand a match withto such, as the container may be varied in width toreceive matches independent of the box, or other forms may be adhered toand such other modifications may be madeas lie within the scope of theappendedclaims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by LettersPatentis:1-- f i 1; In a container for matches andfragments thereof, a container having a compartment to receive a box'o'fmatches and 'a lid hingedly connected 'as closing"means there for, aplurality of corrugations on the-backfof the container and protrudinginward and diverging downward as means to space a match box from theback thereof a compart ment extending upward and rearwardly positionedto the first said compartment as storage means for ignited matches; alid hingedly arranged to close the upper end of the last saidcompartment, the lid having a lip turned downward at the outeredgeth'ereof, and being funneled concentrically, the frustum endof thefunnel being slotted for the purpose specified. I

2. In a container for matches and fragments thereof, a container of'theclass'described, comprising an elongated vertically positionedcompartment with a funneled and slotted lid hingedly engaging on theupper end thereof,'and a compartment outwardly extending and adjacent tothe lower end box storage compartment, the top of the last saidcompartment positioned below the top of the first said compartment, apair of corrugations protruding into the second said compartment andconverging upward, and as a spacing means for a match box from thepartition, a straight lid for the second said compartment and a funneledand slotted lid for the first said compartment, by which means matchfragments are guided into the first said compartment, all as and for thepurpose specified.

54. in a. container for" matches and fragments thereof, a containerhaving a compartment to receive a box of matches and a lid hingedlyconnected as closing means therefor, means to space a match 1101; fromthe back of the container; a compartment extendingnpward' and rearwardlypositioned to the first said compartment as storage means for ignitedmatches"; a lid 'hingedl'y arranged to closethe upper end of the lastsaid" compartment, the lid having a lip turned downward at the outeredge thereof, and being funneled concentrically, the frustinn end of thefunnel being slotted ,for the purpose specified,

In testimony whereof I a'fiix my signature.

' 'BERT F. CALLENDER.

thereof andbeing divided 'therefrom by a partition the, last saidcompartment having alid hingedly connected and adjacent to the firstsaid compartment; a pair of corrugationsprotruding into the second said.compartment and slantingly positioned, sjubstan tially as shown and-forthe purpose specified.

3. In a containerjfo'r matches and frag I ments thereof, a container ofthe class described, the combinationof, a fragmentary '7 match storagecompartment, and a match

